in their language. Dictionaries and resources Dictionaries have been produced by Beulah Lowe, David Zorc and Michael Christie. A free, web-based searchable dictionary created by John Greatorex was launched in February 2015 by Charles Darwin University. There are also several grammars of Yolŋu languages by Jeffrey Heath, Frances Morphy, Melanie Wilkinson and others. A graduate certificate in Yolŋu studies is offered at Charles Darwin University, teaching Yolŋu kinship, law and the Gupapuyŋu language variety. ABC Indigenous News Radio broadcasts a news program in Yolngu Matha and also in Warlpiri on weekdays. The Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) broadcast live radio in northeast Arnhem Land, Darwin and Palmerston and provide recordings of past programs on the internet. Words and expressions 'skill, talent, ability' Bäru 'crocodile' 'with water' (bucket with water), 'watery'. 'good, OK' or Yo (pronounced 'yo') 'yes' Yo manymak when used together the expression can be synonymous with either of its two component words and also used as a friendly greeting, the 'o' in yo is usually held for longer when used as part of this expression. 'no' 'child' ‘sister’ 'big' denotes the link between two different entities which is characterised as a mother-child relationship. Austronesian loanwords Like other languages of the Top End, Yolŋu-Matha contains many loanwords from Austronesian languages due to abundant contact with seafaring peoples from the Indonesian archipelago. Walker and Zorc have identified 179 Yolŋu-Matha words that are clearly of Austronesian origin, and have identified a further 70 possible Austronesian loanwords requiring further study. Vocabulary Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items: Notes References Yolngu.net: grammar, vocabulary, history Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Yolŋu Matha course ARDS Rhombuy Dhäwu: Legal English-Yolngu Matha Online Dictionary Trudgen, Richard, Why Warriors Lie Down & Die , ARDS, Darwin, 2000. Examples of Yolngu Matha being spoken Radio National story Watson, Helen and David Wade Chambers (with the Yolngu community at Yirrkala). Singing the Land, Signing the Land. Deakin University. Madayin Law in Yolngu and English Further reading Yolngu Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory